-September 24, 2023-
Good morning, happy Lord’s Day,
“Also the tenth month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.”
(Leviticus 23:27-28).
Today is high and holy day on the Jewish calendar: Yom Kipper, the Day of Atonement. This phrase is found three times in the book of Leviticus (23:27, 23:28, and 25:9). The word atonement is found in the Bible 86 times. Jewish people may spend the day fasting, attending synagogue or observing the holiday in other ways. It follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
It lasts one full day from the evening of September 24 and ends on the evening of September 25. Many Jewish people fast for a full twenty five hours. The blowing of the Shofar signifies the end of it, until next year. In the Scriptures we are told that the high priest entered the Holy of Holies to offer a sacrifice for his sins and then for the sins of the people.
Our Lord Jesus Christ is our Great High Priest, who entered the Holy of Holies on our behalf to bring us to God through faith in His finished work on the cross. He was perfect and sinless, and died for us as our Substitute. His one sacrifice paid for sins, past, present, and future. It never has to be repeated.
Hebrews 10:10-12 says, “By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.” Jesus fulfilled the Day of Atonement by being both the Lamb of God and our High Priest.
Let us remember the Lord today in the Lord Supper, taking the bread and wine. Every Sunday is the Lord’s Day and we worship Him. He made atonement for sins by dying in our place and rising again. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.
Let us join our hearts to sing His praise all our nights and all our days,
Dean
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